what does the first four lines mean in the poem Death be not proud
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If you die after accomplishing something in life then you and the world will be proud on you, but if you did nothing then you achieved nothing!
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Explanation:
Don't be proud Death, for although some in the past have called you
mighty and dreadful [something to be dreaded], you are not;
for those you think you overcome [kill]
don't really die, you mistaken fool, and you can't kill me, either.
The "mistaken fool" reference might be a little strong, but that's the general idea. Death is not powerful and is not to be feared, because those who die are not really dead.
The speaker apostrophizes death, speaking to it as if it were human, and reveals in the remainder of the poem what is behind his thinking and his bold statements: humans only sleep when they die, for they will "wake eternally" and death will exist no more--death...